AP-CT–Connecticut Daybook, CT

The Associated Press Connecticut Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 22, and Friday, Aug. 23. For questions about coverage, please consult the latest digest or contact the AP bureau in Hartford at 860-246-6876 or 1-800-842-2068.

6 – 8 p.m. NEW BRITAIN — Representatives visit New Britain to continue a series of free public “healthy chat” events about health insurance changes and enrollment. Note: 6 p.m. registration and refreshments followed by 6:30 to 8 p.m. discussion and question-and-answer session. New Britain-Berlin YMCA, 50 High St., New Britain.

Contacts: Kathleen M. Tallarita, 860-757-5339.

Phil Boyle, 860-757-5329.

11 a.m. XGR–DEMOCRATS-GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD — Democratic lawmakers including state Reps. Mae Flexer and Danny Rovero and state Sen. Donald E. Williams Jr., Heirloom Food Co. owner Wendy Garosshen and a representative of an advocacy group that opposes the use of genetically modified organisms in food, GMO Free CT, discuss a recently enacted state law that may require food labels to note genetically modified ingredients, as they visit the small company that specializes in organic “farm to table” food.

4:30 – 7 p.m. NEW HAVEN KINDERGARTNERS — Administrators and teachers from New Haven Public Schools, United Way of Greater New Haven representatives and other community volunteers visit homes of families with children entering kindergarten during “Kindergarten Canvass” events scheduled on Saturday, Aug. 17, Wednesday, Aug. 21, and Thursday, Aug. 22.

Location: Event begins at the East Rock School, 133 Nash St., New Haven.

Contacts: Abbe Smith, 203-676-0463 (cell) or 203-497-7015.

Joshua Mamis, 203-691-4229 or 203-444-5336 (cell).

6:30 p.m. COMMUTER RAIL-POWER LINES — During a public informational meeting in Bridgeport, representatives of the state Department of Transportation discuss the proposed replacement of the catenary power line system along the New Haven main line of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s MTA Metro-North Railroad, expected to cost $60 to $90 million and take place from 2014 to 2017.